DUSHANBE, September 16, 2014, Asia-Plus -- An officer from the rapid reaction company at the Ministry of Interior of Tajikistan, Azamatullo Shukurov, has been arrested on suspicion of taking an especially large-scale bribe, according to the press center of the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption.

Shukurov has reportedly taken 24,900 U.S. dollars from the resident of the Vahdat Township, Kamolov, for helping his son entering the Institute of Physical Training and for assistance in obtaining plot of land in Vahdat.  Shukurov has reportedly failed to fulfill his promise.

Criminal proceedings have been instituted against Azamatullo Shukurov under the provisions of Article 24 of Tajikistan’s Penal Code – fraud; an investigation is under way.